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IUFRO 6.03

IUFRO 6.03. Roger Mills Copenhagen 2002. History – 1903-1908. 4 th meeting 1903 (Vienna): ‘compilation of general forest bibliography’ first on agenda By 5 th meeting 1906 (Stuttgart): International Committee on Forest Bibliography formed

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IUFRO 6.03

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  1. IUFRO 6.03 Roger Mills Copenhagen 2002

  2. History – 1903-1908 • 4th meeting 1903 (Vienna): ‘compilation of general forest bibliography’ first on agenda • By 5th meeting 1906 (Stuttgart): • International Committee on Forest Bibliography formed • Bibliographical system should be that of Melvil Dewey • A permanent secretariat of forest bibliography should be established • Swiss Federal Institute of Forest Research authorised as secretariat 1908

  3. 1908-1922 • Subscriptions taken • Card catalogue and ‘quarterly magazine’ planned • Past literature from 1750 to be published in book form • All stopped by First World War • Discussions resumed 1922

  4. 1922-1933 • Forest Bibliography: an International Decimal Classification on the basis of Melvil Dewey’s system published in German 1933, translated into French and English 1936 (‘Flury System’) • Prepared by Dr Philipp Flury (Birmensdorf) (secretary of the Bibliograpical Committee) • Chaired by Prof RS Troup (Oxford)

  5. 1934-1939 • Imperial Forestry Institute, Oxford began card index and ‘magazine’ Current Monthly Record of Forestry Literature 1934 under Troup’s direction [metadata and indexing in support of networks] • Imperial Agricultural Bureaux invited to found Forestry Bureau (IFB) at Oxford with IUFRO’s support 1938 (CFB from 1948) • Forestry Abstracts first published 1939

  6. 1939-1953 • Second World War ended plans for international secretariat. Clearing house role adopted by CFB/Oxford • Classification developed by CFB under F.C. Ford-Robertson • Bib. Cttee. revived as Joint FAO/IUFRO Committee on Forest Bibliography 1949 (= IUFRO Section 01) • Revised new classification and after ‘prolonged and earnest deliberations’ finalised Oxford System of Decimal Classification for Forestry, adopted by IUFRO and FAO 1953 and published by CAB

  7. 1953-1995 • Joint Committee embarks on publication of multi-lingual terminology • 1972 IUFRO restructured: Joint Committee becomes S6.03, Information systems and terminology • 1995 renamed Information services and knowledge organisation with sub-groups • 01 Libraries and Information Services • 02 Trends in forest terminology • 03 Forest Decimal Classification • 04 Latin American systems network

  8. 1995-2002 • From 2001: • 6.03.00 Information services and knowledge organization • 6.03.01 Bibliographic information and library networks • 6.03.02 Trends in forest terminology • 6.03.03 Forest Decimal Classification • 6.03.04 Latin American and Caribbean information systems network • http://iufro.boku.ac.at/iufro/iufronet/

  9. In brief • Words, numbers, people, stuff

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